Joel Osteen

Lakewood Church missing weekend collection

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Pastor Joel Osteen's megachuch in Houston was robbed of more than a half-million dollars this weekend. Authorities say $600,000 in cash, checks, and credit card donations disappeared from a safe at Lakewood Church between Sunday afternoon and yesterday morning. All of it was collected during weekend services, though...
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And some 75% of Americans like Francis

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American Catholics are big fans of the new pope, with some 88% approving of the job Pope Francis is doing, a CNN/ORC International poll finds. ( Eat your heart out, Congress .) As for the country as a whole, CNN reports that about three in four Americans has a positive...
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Joel Osteen has renounced his faith, online hoax claims

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Somebody has put a massive amount of work into a hoax claiming that pastor Joel Osteen has renounced his faith and is resigning from the Texas megachurch his father founded, the Houston Chronicle reports. The hoax includes a fake Twitter feed, a YouTube video from "ChristianityNews" containing mockups of...
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God's work can apparently bring in a lot of cash

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You probably wouldn't think of "religious leader" as a job that would bring in big bucks, and for the most part, you'd be right: Catholic priests make just $25,000 to $30,000 per year, and the average Protestant pastor brings in $40,000. But get a...
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